During the week, longtime Yellowknifers drink bottomless cups of weak coffee and swap stories over bacon and eggs. On the weekend, it’s popular with the younger hangover crowd. The pan-fried whitefish is tasty and available on the menu or as a Friday lunch special with fried rice and a bowl of soup. Specials are reasonably
On Thursday, Yellowknife’s Development Appeal Board rejected an appeal from two Niven Lakers, Bryan Manson and Candace Cousineau, who argued that the NWT Housing Corporation’s 19-unit building on Moyle Drive was too tall and more time was needed to study the impact of the building on the neighbourhood. As the board pointed out, while the
Makenzie Zouboules does not give in to her experiences. This year has been both good and bad for the local activist, as it saw her accepting a $1 million grant from the Arctic Inspiration Prize as one of the people behind FOXY, an organization that teaches young girls (and soon, boys) about healthy sexuality and safe relationships through
The Old Town float in the Canada Day parade featured Slugger and a boat-full of local residents. 1985.
It’s the last weekend of June: school is out for the summer, and the first exodus of Yellowknifers heading out for the season is happening just as the forest fire smoke rolls in. We’ve counted 33 yard sales going on this weekend, making this your busiest Saturday morning yet. There’s one happening in almost every
After many years of arduous negotiations, it was finally announced last week that the clean-up of Giant Mine will soon be under the watchful eye of an independent monitoring group. The monitoring agency, set up as part of the landmark Giant Mine Environmental Agreement, is one of, if not the first of its kind in
During several two-to-three-month stays at his mentor’s home in Germany’s Black Forest, Sade rose every day at 5 a.m. to gather the dew that collected in the broad leaves of trees in the dense misty woods – using this water to make the first pot of tea for the day. The first pot of tea
Ah, Tim Horton’s, the most trusted brand in Canada. For a large segment of the YK population, Tim’s is the neighbourhood hang, the average-joe daily ritual, the double-double essence of Canucklehood. It’s a sanctified YK myth that our local branch is the busiest in the country, oft-repeated to credulous newcomers and seemingly true when you look at
This was the year of redemption. Last year, event headliner Aaron Godson’s set was cut short by a burst of rain that fried the soundsystem and sent the crowd of 700+ revelers home early. This year, the event was blessed by near-perfect weather, a turnout of more than 900 happy party-goers (even though the line for booze
On Thursday afternoon, a group of about 15 young moms gather around a large messy table in the Ndilo community centre, some working on finely beaded baby bags and moccasins, others bouncing chubby infants on their laps or cradling tiny babies barely a week old. “Some of the moms have never lifted up a needle
Commissioner John Parker and wife Helen dropped the starter’s flag at the 1989 Commissioner’s Cup sailboat race across Great Slave Lake.
Looking for some ways to make your yard sale stand out among the rest this long weekend? If you are a frequent yard saler, you may have already picked up a few tricks along the way, but Apartment Therapy has some solid advice. Tips include: giving your sale a unique name; teaming up with your
The oil price crash that froze tar sands projects and put thousands out of work was expected by some to bring job-seekers to the Northwest Territories, but so far it has had the opposite effect. The Northwest Territories was the only jurisdiction outside the Maritimes to lose population, according to the latest numbers from Statistics
The image on the cover of Dana Sipos’ new album Roll up the Night Sky shows the singer standing beneath the vast semi-dome of a Port Hope, Ont. bandstand. She looks tiny, alone with her mandolin in front of a backdrop painted like a starry sky. Taken during a bicycle-propelled tour of Ontario, the photo
Monster one: at 39A Otto Drive, nine-foot walls, a 1600-bottle wine cellar, and a 360-degree view of Great Slave Yellowknifers curious about what a million-dollar house might look like don’t have to seek out a glossy magazine or a Vancouver neighbourhood. For those with a fat stack of cash looking to make a statement that comes with